Louisiana § RS 40:1281.21 - Secretary; powers; sewage discharges; certain waters
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§ RS 40:1281.21. Secretary; powers; sewage discharges; certain waters
A. The secretary shall establish such standards, guidelines, or criteria as he deems necessary or appropriate to prohibit, control, or abate the discharge of untreated or improperly treated sewage into Lake Pontchartrain, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Sabine River, and their drainage basins, and into all estuaries, streams, canals, and water courses within the state which empty into Lake Pontchartrain, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Sabine River, or their drainage basins. However, the secretary may not authorize any such discharges into the Mississippi River.
B. The secretary shall ascertain and determine the sufficiency of the sewage treatment of commercial and residential dwellings, including camps, which drain or empty into any of the waters described in Subsection A of this Section.
C. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the general intent and purposes of this Subpart, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to prevent water pollution of any of the waters described in Subsection A of this Section, from untreated or improperly treated sewage, notwithstanding any other provision of law establishing any special sewage or water districts or commissions.
Acts 1991, No. 300, §1; Acts 1993, No. 681, §1; Acts 1999, No. 289, §§1, 2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1152 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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